Genetics

Bev’s Birds

Lady Gouldian Finches

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	Phenotype	Sex	Red	Red	Yellow	Yellow	Genotype
1	Black Head	♂ ♀					Black Head
2	Black Head	♂ ♀			Y		Black Head, SF Yellow Head
3	Black Head, YTB	♂ ♀			Y	Y	Yellow Head – not expressed
4	Yellow Head	♂ ♀		R	Y	Y	Yellow Head, SF Red Head
5	Yellow Head	♂ ♀	R	R	Y	Y	Yellow Head, DF Red Head
6	Red Head	♂ ♀	R	R	Y		Red Head, SF Yellow Head
7	Red Head	♂ ♀		R	Y		SF Red Head, SF Yellow Head
8	Red Head	♂ ♀	R	R			DF Red Head
9	Red Head	♂ ♀		R			SF Red Head

			Dams
			1	2	3	4	7	9
S i r e s	1	♂	1	1, 2	2	7	7, 9	9
		♀				2	1, 2	1
	2	♂	1, 2	1, 2, 3	2, 3	4, 7	4, 7, 9	7, 9
		♀				2, 3	1, 2, 3	1, 2
	3	♂	2	2, 3	3	4	4, 7	7
		♀				3	2, 3	2
	4	♂	2, 7	2, 3, 4, 7	3, 4	4, 5	4, 5, 6, 7	6, 7
		♀				3, 4	2, 3, 4, 7	2, 7
	5	♂	7	4, 7	4	5	5, 6	6
		♀				4	4, 7	7
	6	♂	7, 9	4, 7, 9	4, 7	5, 6	5, 6, 8	6, 8
		♀				4, 7	4, 7, 9	7, 9
	7	♂	1, 2, 7, 9	1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9	2, 3, 4, 7	4, 5, 6, 7	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9	6, 8, 7, 9
		♀				2, 3, 4, 7	1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9	1, 2, 7, 9
	8	♂	9	7, 9	7	6	6, 8	8
		♀				7	7, 9	9
	9	♂	1, 9	1, 2, 7, 9	2, 7	6, 7	6, 7, 8, 9	8, 9
		♀				2, 7	1, 2, 7, 9	1, 9